Fast-food ad ban could cut child obesity: U.S. study

lumbingmi said:
Agree but it would make parents' life easier if there's no ads that encourage kids to eat unhealthy food.
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How can you support a free market economy and capitalism on one hand, and call for a ban on advertising on another hand? Rather contradictory, isn't it.

The key to childhood obesity is parents taking responsibility for not raising their children on a diet of fat and cholesterol. Parents are responsible for that, not the fast food restaurants or the children.
 
jillio said:
How can you support a free market economy and capitalism on one hand, and call for a ban on advertising on another hand? Rather contradictory, isn't it.

The key to childhood obesity is parents taking responsibility for not raising their children on a diet of fat and cholesterol. Parents are responsible for that, not the fast food restaurants or the children.
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Free market economy and capitalism cause the fat and cholesterol to be the cheap foods. More poor kids are fatter because that is what their parents can afford to buy.
 
Bottesini said:
Free market economy and capitalism cause the fat and cholesterol to be the cheap foods. More poor kids are fatter because that is what their parents can afford to buy.
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Actually, it is the diet consumed at home that is responsible for the nutritional deficits in the poor. Food stamps don't pay for food in a fast food restaurant, or any restaurant for that matter.

It is really no more expensive to maintain a healthy diet on a budget than it is without a budget. The key is in the food choices. A box of Little Debbie Snack cakes cost $1.25. A pound of carrots that can be cut up and eated as snacks cost .$89.
 
when it comes down to things, americans are just too lazy to make a fucking meal.

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I agree with those who say the parents need to take the responsibility in raising their children and not hope that less ads will sway our children. It's pretty sad when our hopes for lessening obesity partly rests with the removal of ads - a bit of a sad commentary on the quality of parenting these days.
 
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